The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-01-13

Boards of the North Carolina and Wes-
tern North Carolina Insane Asylums, was
held at Morganton and agreed upon the
following boundary line, between them,
/ tO-Wlt: TO commence at the Virginia line
between Person and Granville, and to run
with the eastern boundary lines of the
| counties of Person, Durham, Chatham,
Moore and Richmond to the South Caro-
hna line. The conference committee also
/ passed a resolution, and in this l concur
requesting the Legislature to pass a, act
giving to the Boards of Directors of the
two Asylums discretionary powers in re-
| ceiving individual cases of insane persons
from either district
! The Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institute,
the Governor says, ''keeps within its ap-
preparation" 1t is well managed ard the
! Governor recommends some additional
| appropriation for repairs.
The following are taken verbatim from
the message:
The able report of the Superintendent
! of common schools leaves but little to be
said on that subject, and to this report l
invite your earnest consideration. | con-
| cur with him in the statement, that one
of the needs, perhaps the greatest need to
| public education, is longer term. This,
Of course, involves more money, and was
| provided under an act of the Legislature,
! 1881, but this act has been declared by Il .
| Court to be unconstitutional, in so far as
/ 1t comes in contact with the clause limit
\ lng taXtttIon. Accepting this as the law,
/ still the Constitution declares that our
/ common schools shall be maintained at
| least four months in each school district
! IN every county, and to give special en-
| phasis to this duty, it is provided, that if
the commissioners OF any county shall fail
| to comply with this requirement, they
| sh.,li be liable to indictment. The fran
ers Of the Constitution may have failed in
| their purpose, by reason of this conflict,
| but that they intended to give each dis
trict four months schooling in each year,
| there can be no doubt. | heartily join in
| the hope, that your honorable body, by
| reduction of the revenues, or otherwise,
will find some way to give effect to this
! purpose. This suggestion as TO normal
| schools for the different races is good
one, and | concur in the recommendation,
| to the end that these schools may be more
efficient, that an additional appropriation
be granted.
The University is now well manned and
| equipped in every respect for its work.
| The Trustees have enlarged the Faculty
| from nine to fifteen. The work has been
| greatly extended, and the fullest inStruc-
| ton in all branches of Literature, Phi.oso-
| ply and Science Is offered to all; post
graduate course has been established. and is
| open to students of any college without
tuition charges. \ college of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts offers special in
ducementS to students, and she stands
to-day in every respect in the front rank
of the most distinguished colleges in our
= III J,o1 b<,.
origin in the Constitution of 1876, and is
the foundation of al eds.seGGs - fisssrtn the
Well
worthy iI the past, as It promisessto be IN
the future, of the State, the Constitution
and of the grand old men who created
her. All of the other colleges of the State
have had most prosperous year. They
have strengthened their Faculties, in
creased their number OF Students extend
ed their usefulness and added much to
the general cause of education in the
State In this connection, | call special
attention to the fact that J A. Bostwick,
Esq, of New York, has recently presented
to Wake Forest College, towards its en-
dowment, the handsome sum Of $50,
| congratulate you upon such an accession
to the cause Of education in the State, and
desire in this public way to give express
sion of my high appreciation of the gen
erOus act"
The Governor thinks that an encamp
ment of the State Guard ought to be held
every two years and that the Legislature
ought to make an appropriation to aid it.
He also advises an increase in the salary
of the Adjutant General and believes he
ought to devote his whole time to the
work The cost OF the State Guard in
North Carolina is absolutely trivial com
pared with what is given in many other
States.
The Supreme Court is overworked, so
the Governor says, and ought to be in
creased to FIVE In this recommendation
he will be joined by the bar of the State
and many others who believe that more
than three men ought t. pass as a last re-
sort, upon the lives, liberty and property
of the citizens.
The salaries of the Governor, the Judges
of the Supreme and Superior Court, the
Secretary of State, the Auditor, the Su-
perintendent of Public Instructions and
the Attorney General, are too low, says
Governor Scales. Governor Jarvis re-
commended an increase in the salaries and
Gov Scales does likewise. On the ques-
ton of increasing salaries the Legislature
would do well to 60 slow, but not too
slow This is an era of hard times, but
not such as to justify inadequate compen
saton. Certain it is that some Of the sal
aries ought to be slightly increased, but
there are few such. In the main there
ought to be no increase now.
The Legislature is recommended TO give
the Colored Industrial Association 81 900,
so that the coming fail they can get up an
exhibition that will be creditable to them
and to the State
In the matter of pardons and commuta-
conscientious. He presented to the Legls
lature list of pardons, reprieves, and
communications, with the reasons for his
acting in each ca.e. He has pardoned 10
white convicts and colored convicts;
commuted the sentence of whites and 10
colored; granted reprleyes to whites and
to s cOlored The total number of appll-
cations made was 1876. There is no duty
that devolves upon the Governor so i'm
portant and that consume, so much of his
time as the investigation of applications
for pardon. Governor Scales is very con-
scientious in the discharge of this high
duty and investigates every application
with the greatest care and gives reasons